< Title Chapter 26: Star of the Beginning >

< At Yoh's house >
Yoh: Hmph. OK. Combine…

Yoh: Amidamaru!
Amidamaru: Finishes… chopping woods.
Henchmen: Wow! Just in a second, he chops those woods!
Ryu: Yes, that's power of Master Amidamaru and Master Yoh!

Anna: Combines in 0.3 seconds, not bad.
Yoh: Lucky us. Now we will have dinner tonight.
Manta < crying >: You don't have dinner if you fail !?
Anna: They need motivation, Manta.
Ryu: Now everyone, it's my turn. A rookie shaman that everyone waits for. OK. Combine, master Amidamaru!

< wood cracks his skull open >
Henchmen: Ryu-san, what are you doing?
Ryu: Why? I am a genius…
Anna: Idiot! You can't do that. You just get possessed by Tokageroh, and Mosuke. Combination and possession are different, fool! You are interrupting his practice, go away!

< Later that nigh >
Ryu: Sig… sig…
Henchmen: Don't cry, Ryu-san. It's not like you
Manta: Anna is always like that, don't think too much.
Ryu: No, it's not that Manta. Why does Master Yoh have power but I do not?
Manta: Because he has been practicing since he was born. If you can get that power easily, the I suppose I… eh?
Ryu: What happens, Manta?
Manta: Ah yes. Yoh always like to watch stars.
Ryu: Stars? Talk about that, there are a lot today.

Henchmen: Winter sky is always clear.
Ball Boy: But there are much more stars than usual.
Blue Chateau: It kinda gives me creep.
Manta: Stars can guide human's life. Maybe Yoh has power because he listens to message of the stars.
Ryu: Message of the stars? So that's it.
Manta: Huh?
Ryu: Stars, please give me power!!
Manta: That's not it!!

< Big comet appears >

Henchmen: Ahhh!!! Ryu-san can call a star!!!
Ryu: NO, I didn't! It's just a comet!
Manta: This is not good. I have to tell Yoh.

Anna: So it comes.
Yoh: Very big. Even bigger than what gramp told me. So that is the legendary start that we have waited for.

Yoh: Ragoh?
Manta: Ra… Ragoh?
Yoh: What's up, Manta?
Manta: This is not a time to discuss that. You know about that comet, there is no reference in encyclopedia. What do you mean by "have waited for"?

Anna: Ragoh, according to legend, is the sign of destruction. Every 500 years it will come, along with Keto comet, to cause a great disaster on the Earth.
< picture: Mandara Star Map*(1), Ragho comet, Keto comet >
Ryu: Destruction?
Manta: What are you talking about? I have never heard anything like that happened 500 years ago.
Anna: That's because there's always be a savior who changes destruction into renewal every 500 years. Those stars are the sign that remind shaman about that time.
Manta: A savior? That means…

Yoh: Yes, The Shaman King.
< Description: Those stars that visits the Earth… >

< Description: …comes to remind all shaman about 'that time'… >

< Description: …for a great 'renewal' >

Jun: A scary star, coming like grandpa calculated. A star that reminds us about the fight for Shaman King.
Ren: What to fear of, sis? That light shines for me

Ren: For my coronation as the Shaman King.
Jun: I suppose so, Ren.

Ren: You still worry about that guy, sis?
Jun: Huh?
Ren: Asakura Yoh. I lose to him once, but with my new power, I will squash him like an insect. I, Tao Ren, will be the Shaman King!
Yoh: Now it's time.

Translation Note:

*(1) Mandara star map: According to Japanese mythology, Mandara star map represents the map of heaven.